From: Giemsa-stained thick blood films as a source of DNA for Plasmodium species-specific real-time PCR
 | QIAGEN method | Water method | Chelex method | |||
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 | Ct Pf | Ct HBB | Ct Pf | Ct HBB | Ct Pf | Ct HBB |
unstained TBF | 38,21 | 33,92 | 0 | 44,69 | 0 | 0 |
stained TBF | 38,92 | 32,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
unstained thin blood film | 39,43 | 35,32 | 0 | 40,19 | 0 | 0 |
stained thin blood film | 39,90 | 34,80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |